{"conversationCode":"325-022","tapeNumber":325,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-325-022","startDateTime":"1972-03-23T17:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-23T18:00:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Mar-1972","startTime":"12:45 PM","endDate":"23-Mar-1972","endTime":"1:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On March 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 1:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 325-022 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 325-22\n\nDate: March 23, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:45 pm and 1:00 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person [Henry A. Kissinger?].\n\n     Home port in Greece\n         -Sixth fleet\n               -Mediterranean Sea\n         -Israel\n               -Announcement\n         -State Department\n               -Unknown person","filename":["325a.mp3","325b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:26:36","tapeEnd":"03:29:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"325-021","nextCode":"325-023","tapeTranscriptFile":"325a.mp3,325b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":12396,"end":12399.23,"text":"Right."},{"start":12403.88,"end":12416.72,"text":"I think we've got a really fragile heart."},{"start":12418.06,"end":12424.26,"text":"I think we've got a really fragile heart."},{"start":12425.85,"end":12427.13,"text":"But Connelly said it's OK if I want to do it."},{"start":12427.15,"end":12428.85,"text":"All right, we're good."},{"start":12431.8,"end":12436.3,"text":"OK then."},{"start":12440.54,"end":12440.98,"text":"Good deal."},{"start":12443.48,"end":12443.7,"text":"Done."},{"start":12444.92,"end":12445.08,"text":"Done."},{"start":12445.1,"end":12445.28,"text":"Good."},{"start":12445.34,"end":12450.49,"text":"No, that's fine. 20."},{"start":12453.7,"end":12460.53,"text":"I know that, but it's still next to the other part."},{"start":12460.55,"end":12460.63,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":12460.75,"end":12462.19,"text":"No, I'm just leaving it."},{"start":12462.21,"end":12473.03,"text":"I'm making a point there to put these people in their place because they aren't all that hard."},{"start":12473.06,"end":12473.14,"text":"Okay."},{"start":12473.16,"end":12473.25,"text":"Right."},{"start":12476.32,"end":12480.41,"text":"I don't know why that one, I have nothing in that, I don't have it in this."},{"start":12480.42,"end":12484.99,"text":"I guess we've done it too far in this."},{"start":12485.03,"end":12488.53,"text":"I don't know what he's exactly saying."},{"start":12488.55,"end":12488.63,"text":"Okay."},{"start":12488.65,"end":12488.77,"text":"Fine."},{"start":12488.79,"end":12489.03,"text":"All right."},{"start":12489.05,"end":12489.13,"text":"Good."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":12396,"end":12560.25,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to finalize administrative or strategic details involving the Sixth Fleet's home port in Greece and diplomatic positioning regarding Israel. The discussion suggests a focus on maintaining geopolitical stability in the Mediterranean while managing interdepartmental relations with the State Department. The participants confirmed their course of action, signaling a decision to move forward with their established diplomatic objectives.","topics":["Sixth Fleet","Greece","Israel","State Department","Mediterranean Strategy","Foreign Policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:11:49.999Z"},"topicSlugs":["sixth-fleet","greece","israel","state-department","mediterranean-strategy","foreign-policy"],"audioDurationSec":161,"audioFiles":[{"file":"325a.mp3","bytes":117344217,"durationSec":7334.01,"bitrate":127999,"missing":false},{"file":"325b.mp3","bytes":91966431,"durationSec":5747.9,"bitrate":127999,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.569Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/325a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/325b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/325-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/325/conversation-325-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}